Book Patrol is a place where you can share in Michael Lieberman's passion for the printed word, the history of the book as an object and as a cultural artifact.

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In 2004, NY artistOliver Jeffers, would exchange a sketchbook with 3 other artists and follow one another’s lead with a weekly illustration. Over the course of 36 weeks, each would respond to the previous artwork which proceeded them and then forward it onto the next in line. Once completed, the sketchbook had travelled over 60,000 miles, and crossed the Atlantic on numerous occasions. So I wonder who was the lucky person who got to keep this wonderful sketchbook in the end?

The finished sketchbook with decorative duct tape binding.

Jeffers is also the writer and illustrator of one of my favorite contemporary childrens’ books, the Incredible Book Eating Boy, published in 2006 by HarperCollins. His latest book, Stuck, published last year by HarperCollins UK, is a tale of trying to solve a problem by throwing things at it.

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